About a month ago, I decided to go back to the gym. Over the past few years I’ve had an on again, off again relationship with the gym. If I had it my way, there would have not been any extended breaks during this time. Yoga has done wonders for my flexibility and my mental [...]
This morning marks five days in a row that Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy has made it to the gym. Wow – I can’t even remember when the last time I went to work out for an entire week…I think it was back around April.
And the funny part is that instead of feeling more tired each day, [...]
“Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored.” -Wayne Dyer
A few weeks back, when Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy returned to the gym, he found himself speaking with a classmate before yoga class.The conversation included much of what you might expect, such as “how have you been doing?” (her to me) and “how are [...]
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After a more than two-month absence, Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy returned to the gym last week. While I had not worked out in the “traditional” sense, I do consider many of the days that I experienced during this past flare as some of the most difficult workouts of all.
When I say this, I am not being [...]
When Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy started blogging on a daily basis, he wondered if he was going to be able to maintain this pace. Who was I kidding? My adventures with rheumatoid arthritis continue to provide me more than enough stories and issues to write about, and I have yet to encounter even the slightest bit [...]
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy has recently been thinking a lot about the concept of remission. Many of us are familiar with the most common definition of remission. According to the Oxford English [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy is extremely flexible. Since I live with rheumatoid arthritis, this can be both ironic (to me) and misleading (to others).On one hand, I have joints that stiffen up and snap on a regular basis. On the other hand, my body has always exhibited signs of super elasticity.
My nickname at my last yoga [...]
Have you ever woken up one day with the feeling that you seem to have changed almost overnight, while the world around you continued to remain exactly the same?
Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy has been feeling this way recently. It’s a weird sensation, definitely – but it need not necessarily be a scary one. The idea of [...]
